Morgan Beaty (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb) notched her first collegiate hat trick to lead the No. 13 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's soccer team to a 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory over North Central College Wednesday evening at Fiskum Field in Whitewater.
 
This is the third consecutive Wednesday night match that the Warhawks have fallen behind 2-0 at halftime only to storm back and force overtime. The previous two games ended in a tie.
 
The Warhawks saw several early opportunities to score but a shot by Kaylee Koenig (Plymouth, Wis./Plymouth) was saved and another by Katy Kusswurm (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) sailed high. Karina Rosales (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) had a chance in the 12th minute but Gretchen Franzen made a diving save to her left to keep the Warhawks out of the net.
 
Just over two minutes later the Cardinals earned a corner kick, and on the ensuing cross found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
 
UW-W saw another opportunity snuffed out by Franzen, this time on a kick-save in a one-on-one with Anna Boyd (De Pere, Wis./De Pere) in the 31st minute.
 
Five minutes before halftime the Cardinals stretched their lead to 2-0 when freshman forward Anna Viederis hit the upper left corner of the goal from 25 yards out.
 
Franzen continued to keep the Warhawks off the board early in the second half, making yet another diving save, this time on Emily Mouille (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee)'s shot in the 50th minute.
 
The Warhawks finally found a chink in the Cardinals' armor in the 57th minute of play. Rosales took control of the ball near the end line and sent a pass toward the middle that Morgan Beaty (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb)hammered into the left side of the goal.
 
Payton DeLuga (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee Crown) nearly tied the score in the 63rd minute with a header on a corner from Alyssa Lennon (Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West), but Franzen was positioned perfectly to make the save.
 
Kaci Schonert (Racine, Wis./Horlick) made her first appearance of the season memorable. Schonert entered the match at 65:25 and forty-six seconds later the score was tied when she played a perfect ball to Beaty who knocked it past the keeper to tie the match.
 
Rosales had a chance to give the Warhawks a lead when she had a one-on-one with Franzen in the 78th minute, but the Cardinal keeper made another remarkable save.
 
North Central had a good look at a shot from the right side of the goal box with five minutes left in regulation, but the shot hit the crossbar and went out of play and the match headed to overtime.
 
Six and a half minutes into overtime, Mackenzie Serbousek (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Cedar Rapids Prairie)took control of a ball on the Warhawks' offensive half of the field. She played a long through-ball to Beaty who headed it in to complete the hat trick and win the game.
 
The Warhawks outshot the Cardinals 20-9 in the match, 12-3 in the second half and overtime.
 
Nina Yonan (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) played the second half and the abbreviated overtime period, notching one save to earn the win, her first of the season.
 
Up next, the Warhawks will host the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday, September 23 at 2 p.m. The Warhawks will celebrate their three seniors, Morgan Beaty (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb), Marie Lesperance (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha South) and Devon Polk (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) after the match.

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